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My Hands Have My Life On Them

April 24, 2018
By ohcheboccone PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York
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My hands have
my life on them
my palms hold
every sacred thought
I thought to scrawl on
my day is on my skin
in red pen
and when I get home
my parents say to wash it off
before I get ink poisoning

© Diana A., Milford, CT

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